New Jersey’s legislative session is coming to an end soon, which means the state’s lawmakers have just a few weeks to put bills on Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk. Once the new session starts, the legislative slate is wiped clear.

This period of time between the November elections and the end of the legislative session, called lame duck, is one last chance to push through controversial bills and usually invites a few surprises.

That all means that Monday is a big day at the Statehouse in Trenton, as lawmakers try to push through bills granting driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants, removing the religious exemption for child vaccines, putting marijuana legalization on the ballot, and authorizing some local school districts to exceed the 2-percent property tax cap.

This is merely a tiny fraction of the bills before the state Senate and Assembly on Monday, but here’s some of what to expect:

Even those in support of legal weed are wary of the question, which cannot address revenue and social justice issues with the detail found in the legislation. Still, they have rallied behind it, hoping to finally see movement nearly two years after Murphy took office.

To land on the ballot, the question will need either a three-fifths majority vote in each house, or a simple majority vote twice – once Monday, and again in 2020.

Overhauling expungement:

The Assembly will vote on A5981, a bill intended to overhaul the state’s burdensome expungement process and provide relief to those whose records are marred by old marijuana offenses.

The legislature passed expungement reform earlier this year, but Murphy conditionally vetoed the bill. He added new details for a “clean slate” automated process that would clear convictions and criminal records. It also mandated the creation of an e-filing system, elimination of fees and $15 million to expand the workforce needed to process expungement petitions before the automated system is ready.

Rather than vote to accept the governor’s recommendations, the Senate introduced a new bill that incorporated nearly all of his changes.

Social justice advocates say expungement reform is crucial stop employment and housing discrimination against those convicted of minor marijuana offenses.

The bill (A4743) would allow for two categories of licenses and IDs in New Jersey: one compliant with the Real ID Act that allows the holder to board domestic flights, and another for driving that would be issued to immigrants regardless of citizenship status and certain senior citizens and other who lack documents. It would not apply to commercial drivers licenses.

The Real ID would indicate the person’s citizenship status, and the drivers license will not. Anyone obtaining a driver’s license would have to provide documents to pass the Motor Vehicle Commission’s six-point system to prove identification.

New Jersey would join at least a dozen other states that grant licenses to undocumented immigrants.

The president of the New Jersey chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, meanwhile, argued that their “right to practice religion freely does not include ... exposing the community or a child to a communicable disease.”

The bill would allow children to seek an exemption only for medical reasons. The state Health Department would define which health conditions would qualify, and a physician, advance practice nurse or physician assistant must verify in writing the child had the disqualifying illness, according to the bill.

This bill (S4289) would allow school districts in New Jersey losing state aid to make up their losses through increased property taxes.

Under an overhaul of the state’s school funding formula undertaken by state Senate President Stephen Sweeney, some school districts that were considered overfunded will gradually receive less and less state aid, while districts considered underfunded will receive more money, known as adjustment aid.

Sweeney, D-Gloucester, announced last month he wants to offer some of those districts relief from the state’s 2 percent cap on how much local districts can raise their tax levies each year.

“We need to ensure that students do not suffer in districts that are now taking cuts after receiving more than their fair share of state aid for more than a decade,” Sweeney said. “The new law will give school boards in these districts the ability to make up for past years when they had no incentive to provide their local fair share because the Adjustment Aid windfall they were getting gave them no reason to do so.”